Sunday, January 10, 2016

HOW DO I EDIT INSTAGRAM PICTURES?

One of the questions I register on my Instagram a lot is: "Barbora, how do you edit your Instagram pictures?" To be perfectly honest, it took me a long time to figure out what works the best for me and how to turn even a in a bad-lighting-yellow taken picture into that perfect-all-white photo. I have a couple hacks I use when it comes to my Instagram editing, which I would like to share with you today! Also I think that adding a "different" posts from time to time will make the blog more interesting, so please let me know if you would like some more posts like this one and you can also let me know which ones concretely.

I am not a fan of the Instagram effects. Instead, I use the app VSCO cam, which has more natural and beautiful effects, in my opinion. Usually I use there the effect "A7", which is one of the paid collections there. Since I want my pictures to be perfect, I think purchasing a collection of effects there is not a waste of money. Sometimes I also use A8, A9 or F2, depends on the lighting and the picture. I never use the full effect, in most cases I use the strength of the effect between +4 and +6.

When taking pictures, sometimes white background might seem more "yellow", especially when shooting in the evening. I was really desperate about that for a long time, until a friend of mine introduced me the app Whitagram. You can actually make specific parts of your photos whiter and brighter. I use this app a lot when I take my mirror pictures or when shooting something in the evening.

When done with applying effects and editing white background (if needed), I go directly to Instagram, where I edit the contrast and brightness. I usually add contrast, make the photo more brighter and use a little bit of "lux". Sometimes I also edit the temperature, but that depends on the shot.

So, this is how I edit my pictures on Instagram! I take all picture with my Iphone (6), only outfits, which are also shown here, on my blog, are taken with a camera. If you have any questions about my IG pictures, feel free to ask in the comments!

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These are very useful tips! I don't like photos of a bad quality on Instagram as well as many other people. I always use filters for my photos to post on my blog. But do you get many likes on them? I thought it is impossible until I turned to the site where you can buy Instagram likes . Now much more people can see and appreciate my profile!